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Paratoxopoda tricolor (Walker, 1849)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Paratoxopoda tricolor. Male holotype specimen BMNH(E)1239036.

Deposited at:  Natural History Museum, London (UK)

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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

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Morphoglossary

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Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": "African clade": Paratoxopoda

Synonyms

PARATOXOPODA TRICOLOR Walker 1849 (as Sepsis). Sierra Leone: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

varicoxa Curran 1929. Liberia: Memeh Town. Holotype ♀, in American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

ambili Vanschuytbroeck 1961. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Parc National de la Garamba. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

akuminainne Vanschuytbroeck 1961. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Parc National de la Garamba. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

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